If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,

so thou shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

so thy barns shall be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

so they shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Do not say to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give, when thou have it by thee.

so that she does not find the level path of life. Her ways are unstable, [and] she does not know.

and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.

So [is] he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.

For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman,

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him,

when he gave to the sea its bound that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

A ring of gold in a swine's snout, [is] a fair woman who is without discretion.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the actions of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.

A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.

A wise son [hears] his father's instruction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.

The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no threatening.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be [to] him who causes shame.

A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish, not so.

When a man's ways please LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A man's heart devises his way, but LORD directs his steps.

A just balance and scales are LORD's. All the weights of the bag are his work.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Son's sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters. The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the increase of his lips he shall be satisfied.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of LORD, that shall stand.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?

Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.

A man's goings are of LORD, how then can man understand his way?

It is a snare to a man to say rashly, [It is] holy. And to make inquiry after vows.

The king's heart is in the hand of LORD as the watercourses. He turns it wherever he will.

A FALSE witness shall perish, but the man who hears shall speak so as to endure.

See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

so the knowledge of wisdom [is] to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

lest LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

As he who takes off a garment in cold weather, [and] vinegar upon soda, so [is] he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

The north wind brings forth rain. So does a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

It is not good to eat much honey, so [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless does not alight.

The legs of a lame man hang loose. So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

[As] an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool, and he who hires those who pass by.

See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.

The door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed.

so is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not in sport?

[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so [too] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.

Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

As in water face [is] to face, so the heart of a man [is] to a man.

When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man bears rule, the people sigh.

See thou a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice [is] from LORD.

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou k

lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use the name of my God profanely.

The leach has two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [yea], four that do not say, Enough:

Sheol, and the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that does not say, Enough.

The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no iniquity.

For the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink?